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The original was posted on /r/twoxchromosomes by /u/theshiningcloud on 2023-09-08 21:58:43.
Get ready for an interactive rant. I want to hear from you! Maybe if we make enough noise some corporate researcher will hear our cries and create something with actual women in mind for once.
I’ve seen these things posted as sub-comments by women on various threads throughout the years. I’ve also heard this from friends and have felt this strongly myself for a VERY long time, yet we all somehow just quietly deal with the discomfort, thinking WE are the problem.
Here it is - Most panties for women are NOT designed right in several particular areas! The following are the massive flaws that I see that have been driving me crazy for as long as I can remember, and I know I’m not alone in this. If you thought you were the only one, you’re not!
This is me begging underwear designers and manufacturers to screw your bottom line, stop skimping on fabric and design underwear for the way our bodies are actually shaped and behave!
The Panty Manifesto
#1 - Widen the crotch fabric dammit! Ladies, you don’t have a big puss, the gusset is just too damn narrow! We’re so tired of our labias engulfing the crotch of our underwear. It’s so f*ing uncomfortable having a constant front wedgie. This is a design flaw, not a woman problem.
#2 - Elongate the gusset piece up the front more, we’re begging you! You know the part of the crotch that is double lined that is supposed to cover the parts that might drip? You know how it never actually covers those parts and is absolutely too far back?? No, ladies, you don’t just have a “high set” vulva, this is a design flaw. We’re tired of wet spots on the front of our underwear!
#3 - We want cotton dammit! I’m confident that it is possible to make comfortable, sexy undergarments in natural breathable fibers that don’t give us yeast infections. If not the whole garment, then at least the crotch that covers our vulvas. Do better! I’m also tired of companies advertising their panties as cotton when cotton is maybe 20% of the makeup. How hard is it to add a few inch strip of 100% cotton fabric to the gusset??
#4 - Stop only *gluing* all the seams together on your no-show panties and charging $10-$25 a piece for them! For f*ks sake! It’s an actual joke…our clothes are so cheap they’re literally glued together at this point. You know they will fall apart after one hand-washing! And they do! Laser cut the tops and legs holes, seam up the back that hides in your crack, and stitch the entire damn crotch liner into place! No it won’t show under leggings, that stitching will be hidden between our legs!
#5 - Related to #4, stop using the cheapest thinnest stretchiest fabric for the no-shows! And by that I mean that after a wash or two (even hand washing!) you can literally pull those suckers up and over your shoulders like suspenders while wearing them. I know because I’ve done it, from multiple brands. I saw a review on at least the 15th new brand of no show panties I’ve tried out that showed a woman stretching her size large panties across her entire kitchen stove. That was three feet of stretch. We don’t need that! While walking they either ride up to get eaten by our asses or they roll down and fall off our hips. It’s 2023! Is there no fabric in all of creation that stretches but bounces back? Sheesh….
I know ya’ll have other underwear needs as well, so please add to this list in the comments below!
And if you do know of companies that you have had success purchasing underwear from that solve these problems, do share! I’d love to hear.